Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Every Friday evening food trucks gathered at Broadway and 45th St. to offer their goodies for sale. The organizer wanted to do something to foster a greater sense of community and bring traffic up to this end of Broadway. She provided picnic blankets, hula hoops and bean bag toss games, and plenty of trash and recycle cans. The turnout has been good and the vibe mellow. Until someone complained. The police came and shut down the operation. The promoter stayed positive, negotiated with the city, found a new location further down 45th, and renamed the event Bites Off Broadway. The first Friday at the new location they had 300+ people show up. Fingers crossed it continues to prosper. For more "B" pictures, visit ABC Wednesday.

What a great idea and if all of the attendees had emailed their city councilor to complain about the fact that they were run off, the outcome would've been different. That's one of the wonderful things about the internet is that your governing body is more accessible to you that they've ever been before. Or, have all the attendees show up at a city council meeting.It is all about being the squeaky wheel.